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Sony reportedly ditched Hideo Kojima's Physint following missed deadlines, bloated budgets, and Death Stranding 1&2 missing sales expectations

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Following Sony's announcement earlier this week that it had "stepped away" from Kojima Production's previously PlayStation-exclusive "action espionage" Physint, a new report has claimed Sony's decision was the result of concerns over "budget, potential profitability and exclusivity."

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Even HBO Max is having fun with Aaron Pierre's Lanterns accent slip-up

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DCU show Lanterns returned to HBO this week with its fourth episode, bringing us back to Rushville, where the mystery of the Manhunter was brought to light. However, in the midst of the chaos, you may have missed Aaron Pierre's accent slip-up.

During a tense interrogation scene, Pierre's John Stewart asks, "Who are you?" slamming his hand on the table, then, in the most prominent South London accent, he shouts, "Speak up!" The clip has since gone viral on Twitter. Pierre had so far been able to keep Stewart's Detroit accent steady, but fans seem to be celebrating the added hint of English nonetheless.

Although the slip-up may be a little embarrassing for Pierre, HBO Max UK is seeing the funny side of the situation. The streamer posted a 'fan edit' of Pierre on Instagram containing the scene in question followed by Stewart's most iconic moments. The caption reads, "You can take Aaron Pierre out of Croydon, but you can't take the Croydon out of Aaron Pierre." Check out the post below.

It should come as no surprise that fans are loving the edit. "The Green Mandem'" commented one fan, and another added, "Brightest day, darkest night innit." Many are praising how HBO has handled the slip-up, with one pointing out, "You have to admit it's next level marketing for a streaming company to make memes of a flaw in the actor's performance rather than hoping people ignore said flaw."

The slip-up doesn't change the fact that Pierre has done an amazing job in bringing Green Lantern trainee Stewart to life alongside Kyle Chandler's Hal Jordan. The DCU Chapter One show debuted to a near-perfect 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and has become one of HBO's most successful shows ever behind House of the Dragon and The Last of Us. In our Lanterns review, we awarded the show 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Lanterns continues to release weekly. See our Lanterns release schedule for exact timings. For more, check out our breakdown of how to watch DC movies in order, and keep up with upcoming DC movies and shows on the way.



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Bribing medics to revive me first in Wardogs is one of my favorite shooter mechanics in ages

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So you've just been shot in Battlefield and now you're lying in a mass of other players' bodies, all of you hammering the 'REVIVE MEEE' request button as medics buzz about, helping everyone but you. If only there was a way to show them how important you are, that your life is clearly worth more than Skidz69 over there. How about money?

Wardogs is a Battlefield-style shooter where you can pay for just about anything, from a fancy loadout, to a literal taxi ride to the conflict zone. Earning cash for doing what you want is a really smart way of incentivising the whole battlefield role fantasy, whether you're building fortifications and sure-ing up your faction's forward operating base, or dragging downed players out of the fire and rezzing them.

Though factions can win and lose, Wardog's only true language of success is profitability, more cash to buy fancier hardware, which you use to earn more cash. It's a wonderfully fitting and nihilistic approach to all-out warfare—each life is an investment in what you're going to do that run. Whether it pays off is where the true play comes in.

And since cash is king, you can use it to grease the wheels a little when you've been downed. Simply offer a bribe by tapping F1 when you're corpsified and you'll place a number over your head, showing how much extra money the medic will get if they prioritise rezzing you over your comrades.

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Personally, I love immediately maxing out the cash reward for my revive and watching as multiple medics come running, braving enemy fire, and even battling each other to get that $500. I had one medic literally drag me away from another who was about to rez me, like a seagull snatching a half-eaten sandwich.

It reminds me of Trauma Team in Cyberpunk 2077, like there's something hilariously bleak about getting injured in battle and holding up a gold card which gives you precedence for medical care. Either that or getting in a bidding war with another downed comrade as you both vie for a medic's attention.

Being a medic in Wardogs is pretty profitable, though, especially if you offer a post-revive heal for a tip, and you're good at scrounging up extra medical supplies from corpses and backpacks. The icing on the cake for me is that the revival animation is rubbing your hands together, surely in anticipation for the big bucks you're set to earn from each new casualty.

Though Wardogs' launch yesterday was a bit shaky server-wise with 300k players hopping in (despite this being an early access), it's easy to see why so many people are really gelling with the game, including me. Its whole economy system is such a smart way of encouraging the battlefield role fantasy that's so appealing in all-out warfare games.

It may be early days, but it's not hard to imagine how Bulkhead will be able to scale this concept during the game's time in early access.

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Zach Cregger had to dial down the jokes in his upcoming Resident Evil film because test screeners 'thought it was too funny'

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Zach Cregger has a brilliant track record of directing horror films that are both horrifying and hilarious (at times). Weapons and Barbarian had moments of levity which made each respective film so much more bearable to sit through. Cregger is trying to do the same with his upcoming survival horror film, Resident Evil, the only problem was he did too good of a job at first.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter Cregger revealed that one change he made after Resident Evil was shown at test screens was to dial down the jokes. "I learned that people really liked the movie, but they thought it was too funny," Cregger explains. "So over the course of my testing, I stripped out as much of the jokes as possible."

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Resident Evil isn't averse to a good quip or wise-crack—that's like 40% of Leon Kennedy's personality—but its humour only works so well because it happens infrequently. Leon's almost constant stream of action film-style one liners is one of the many reasons as to why I wouldn't class Resident Evil 4 as a horror game at all. And while there are certainly protagonists in other Resident Evil games who know how to joke around, like Ethan Winters, they are more serious than not.

Too many jokes in a horror film wouldn't work for the same reason they don't when packed into games. The point of a light-hearted moment amidst the horror is to provide some respite for viewers who have had their nervous system stretched and strained almost beyond tolerance—there's a reason it's called comic relief. You want to settle their hearts and blood pressure just enough to ensure they don't break and clock out of the movie entirely, so you can carry on scaring them. "A little bit of humour goes a long way in a horror movie," Cregger adds.

But too many jokes can turn it into a gimmick. A horror film with rabid zombies doing weird stuff is already a bit fantastical—add loads of jokes and then it'd just lose all of its atmosphere. So it comes as no surprise that after some of the jokes were removed Cregger "found that not only did the audience enjoy the movie more, but I also liked the movie a lot more." I'm sure the Resident Evil film will be better off for it.

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Jessica Chastain's Bonkers New Horror Movie Just Keeps Getting Scarier

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Move aside, Michael Myers. Take a hike, Jason Voorhees. Get a real job, Art the Clown. Horror has a new name in 2026, and it's... Mommy.



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'Blade Runner 2099' Showrunner Reveals the Sci-Fi Secrets She Learned from Ridley Scott

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In other words, anyone trying to make a Blade Runner sequel is under enormous pressure, not just because it remains a beloved sci-fi classic, but because so many of the best movies and TV shows released in the half-century since might as well be Blade Runner sequels by another name. In 2017, Dune director Denis Villeneuve tried his hand with Blade Runner 2049, delivering a well-regarded follow-up that failed to capture the popular imagination. Now, the franchise is returning once again, this time as a 10-episode miniseries coming to Prime Video on Nov. 25.



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